Shloka 14
Viṣṇoḥ Sahasranāma-stotreṇa Śiva-prasādaḥ
Vishnu’s Thousand-Name Hymn and Shiva’s Grace
ये शृण्वन्ति सदा भक्त्या सिद्धि स्यादनपायिनी । कामानां सकलानां च प्रसादान्मम सुव्रत
ye śṛṇvanti sadā bhaktyā siddhi syādanapāyinī | kāmānāṃ sakalānāṃ ca prasādānmama suvrata
اے نیک عہد والے، جو لوگ ہمیشہ بھکتی سے اسے سنتے ہیں، انہیں نہ ٹلنے والی سِدھی حاصل ہوتی ہے؛ اور میرے پرساد سے ان کی تمام جائز خواہشیں پوری ہوتی ہیں۔
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that devoted listening (śravaṇa) to Shiva’s sacred narrative brings steady, non-declining siddhi—spiritual maturation sustained by Shiva’s prasāda (grace), not merely personal effort.
In the Kotirudra context (Jyotirliṅga glory), hearing about Shiva’s manifest forms and līlās is itself a bhakti-practice directed to Saguna Shiva, drawing His grace that supports both worldly welfare and inner attainment.
Regular śravaṇa of Shiva Purana/Jyotirliṅga māhātmya with devotion—ideally alongside simple worship such as japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and offering bilva leaves—so that practice is anchored in bhakti and grace.